Candidate Merricott's Summary

Candidate Jordan delivered an in depth five paragraph order. SNC posted security ensuring that the safety of the fire team was not put at risk. SNC had a good initial plan and proceeded to move the fire team towards the objective. SNC moved the fire team through the woods with minimal opposition; SNC maintained communication and good dispersion. Upon receiving enemy fire SNC suppressed the enemy by assaulting the enemy. SNC pushed through the objective to ensure that all enemy were killed. However, SNC forgot about the weapons cache and commenced to conduct a hasty 180, followed by a consolidated 360, and then an ACE report. SNC, in his haste to complete the problem, completely forgot that the mission was not only to subdue the enemy

SNC gave a detailed brief that outlined a precise plan that was coherent and directed towards mission accomplishment. SNC contradicted a well thought out plan of action with a monotone voice and his use of filler words, such as, uh and um, coupled with a lack of passion. The lack of passion was seen in his sense of urgency as SNC spent 80% of his time briefing his 5 paragraph order that adversely affected his sense of urgency. SNC was able to secure the objective quickly, but loss situational awareness of his surroundings and enemy position that initially created confusion when engaged by the enemy. SNC was able to make clear and concise decisions in an appropriate amount of time that efficiently utilized his fellow candidates. This expedited

Candidate Davis delivered his 5 paragraph order covering most of the key points associated with the order. SNC’s orientation was confusing; SNC briefed that the current location was where the cache was located, then proceeded to state that the fire team needed to advance to the second set of grid points to complete the objective. This information is confusing and is proof that the fire team leader did not fully comprehend the order briefed to him. SNC stuttered consistently, displaying his uncertainty of the information that he was relaying. SNC improperly stated his TCM’s and informed his team they would utilize a column formation from the “assault to attack” and a column from the “attack to assault”. Upon reaching the objective, the fire

Candidate Trapane was very confident, fluid, and natural when briefing his order. However, his order omitted a major paragraphed or failed to explain subparagraphs. For example, while briefing medical evacuations SNC stated, "If you get injured let us know and we will take care of it." Prior to execution, SNC posted security and ensured they routinely gave situation reports. SNC looked at the obstacle to gain intelligance prior to devisining an inital plan. During points of friction, SNC was able to make a decision. However, he was not in the most advantageous spot to communicate and observe his fireteam. Consequently, his decisions were delayed and based off of information that was inaccurate. SNC allowed his fire team members to make

Candidate Hays' attempt to brief the initial five paragraph order and take charge of his fire team did not work in his favor. There were times when SNC reiterated certain briefing points which displayed a lack of confidence rather than a sense of clarity. Other than the Mission, SNC failed to brief all the key points of the order. SNC seemed unclear on the mission and what needed to get done although, SNC did verbally address an initial plan of how to attempt negotiation of the obstacle, prior to the actual execution. SNC made the vital mistake of not briefing nor posting security. Upon execution of the problem, SNC's initial plan did not appear to be well thought out and unsafe as he attempted to have his fire team along with himself

Candidate Hairston was confident and thorough when briefing his order. Although confident and thorough while briefing, Candidate Hairston failed to ask fire team members if they had any questions at the end of his brief. This caused a little confusion, leaving fire team members with unanswered questions. Prior to the execution phase SNC posted security and ensured security was able to hear everything in the event he had to replace a fire team member. During the start execution phase, SNC did not utilize the gear provided and attempted to use his fire team members as a means to traverse the obstacle. For more than two and a half minutes, fire team members were standing around waiting for direction, not progressing towards mission accomplishment,

Candidate Kautz briefed a detailed orientation with confidence and clarity. His five paragraph order was complete and briefed thoroughly to his fire team. Candidate Kautz was not the first one on the platform and stood in the back attempting to control his fire team. This caused him to lose control of members and not fully understand the points of friction. Candidate Kautz failed to display a sense of urgency and make decisions quickly when asked by his fire team. Though he maintained confident, his decision making ability lacked. Once he identified his solution would not work, there was a pause of over two minutes in which he stopped to create another solution to the problem. His fire team appeared to respect SNC and he was clearly

Candidate Johnston gave a confident and proper mission brief to the fire team. SNC kept the momentum of his fire team going throughout the exercise. SNC recognized the need for a decision at points of friction and made timely decisions with information given despite any uncertainty. SNC maintained awareness of mission and demonstrated an understanding of the mission. SNC made decisions and tasked subordinates in a manner that indicated SNC had a thought out plan. SNC demonstrated some ability to observe and maintain awareness of surroundings and enemy’s position. SNC appeared to be comfortable in front of peers. SNC projected a firm voice with minimal stumbling. SNC generally understood and assumed the role of team leader during this

Candidate Goff immediately addressed security before briefing his order. SNC briefed in a rushed manner using many “ums” and “uhs,” showing he lacked confidence in his plan. When briefing, he referred to the scenario as an obstacle instead of treating it as a tactical situation. His fast brief was difficult for his fire team to follow, evident by their confusion at the beginning of the mission even though the initial plan was well developed. SNC had to direct his fire team’s actions he had just briefed in order for them to execute. This candidate lost his tactical and situational awareness, evident by his loud instructions throughout the task and the fire team dragging their weapons through the sewer tunnel making the execution extremely loud.

Candidate Huff did not brief the admin/logistics and command/signal paragraphs of his order. The rest of his order was briefed with shaky confidence involving heavy use of "ums." SNC did not establish security during his brief or during execution. SNC demonstrated inefficient use of his time by spending nearly sixty seconds re-slinging the teams rifles in the beginning of execution. Due to a lack of an initial plan following the brief, the team had to begin execution whileconducting reconnaissance and orienting to the problem. Once oriented, SNC was hesitant in deciding how to engage the problem. Once a scheme of maneuver was developed, he was able to communicate his guidance to the team members and begin driving his team toward mission

Candidate Beauregard effectively delivered his five paragraph order, covering the majority of the key points regarding this problem however, the order deviated from the logical order and sequence of paragraphs which caused key points to be missed during brief. SNC wasted valuable time gathering notes and thoughts prior to briefing the fire team. SNC did not fully comprehend the mission, as he briefed that the reason for the mission was to ensure safe movement of friendly forces vice to gain intelligence on enemy forces. While briefing the Execution, SNC did not cover key points such as the azimuth and the distance of the cache from the current location. SNC’s brief was lengthy in nature; fire team was nearly overlapped by another fire team

Candidate Schainholz spent five of the ten minutes allotted to negotiate the obstacle briefing the five paragraph order. It was apparent that SNC was uncertain in his ability to properly convey the required information to his subordinates. Candidate Schainholz successfully covered every aspect of the order but found it necessary to brief it twice. Furthermore, SNC was communicating almost at a whisper and was directed to speak up several times by the evaluator. After realizing how much time he had spent briefing, SNC began to rush to generate a plan for the execution phase that created confusion among his team. Tasking statements were unclear and his plan was obscure. Regardless of the limited time his team had to complete the obstacle, Candidate

The part of Prodigy that I believe impacted me the most was when Day went against his previous beliefs and decided to stand up for the New Elector, Anden. This happened whenever the people in the Republic were about to revolt against him. The people of the Republic were not happy with the way that they were being treated, especially after Day escaped from being executed. They were not happy with the trials, their living conditions, and how some people were living in extreme wealth, while some were living in extreme poverty. The problem with the people revolting against Anden was that it was not Anden who wanted to treat the people of the Republic poorly, it was his late father, who happened to be the old elector. After Anden's father passed away and Anden took over as the new Elector, he wanted to make some changes. These changes would be to treat the poor sectors (Towns) better so that

Candidate Watson briefed an order that had adequate information to carry out SNC’s plan, but was missing several important pieces and had incorrect information. The Orientation only had the current location. SNC did not brief an accurate enemy situation. Instead of stating the enemy passes by every ten minutes, SNC brief every two minutes. SNC’s tasks were merely assignments for team members to utilize a piece of equipment. SNC only briefed one of the several coordinating instructions provided by the evaluator. SNC briefed items in the Admin and Logistics paragraph that were not available in the scenario. Because the enemy situation was incorrect, SNC would halt all actions as if an enemy guard was walking by. This occurred two times throughout

Candidate Passafume delivered an incomplete brief lacking confidence to his squad. SNC displayed a great amount of confusion as he relayed his brief. SNC failed to properly calculate a proper azimuth or the location of the objective. It was difficult for SNC to read his notes he had taken. SNC failed to properly summarize the Orientation; he simply briefed the coordinates of the current location and the objective. SNC failed to brief Attachments and detachments, as well as the Location of Key personnel. Lack of this information made it difficult for the team to fully comprehend, creating questions at the conclusion of the brief. At multiple times throughout the evolution of the scenario, security was addressed by members of the team. One candidate